Barren Hill Tavern & Brewery’s head brewer Dave Wood: Here is a scaled down version of a session IPA I just brewed for Barren Hill. I love this beer because I am both a hophead and a fan of session beers. I would much rather enjoy several pints with friends than just one or two […]

What would you do if you met the owners of a renown caffe in Italy that was destroyed by a major earthquake? Meet Riccardo Longo, founding partner of Gran Caffe L’Aquila, the Italian restaurant, caffe and wine bar just off of Rittenhouse Square in Center City Philadelphia. When Longo was touring Abruzzo, while writing […]

Gran Caffe L’Aquila’s founding partner Riccardo Longo: When I think of classic Roman dishes like Bucatini all’Amatriciana, Carbonara, or Cacio e Pepe, I think of my Aunt Luciana. Well, technically she’s my cousin Dario’s mother, but she always felt more like an aunt to me. When I lived in Rome in my 20’s, she would […]

Last year, we honored Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Yauch’s August 5th birthday with an inaugural, memorable (and filling!), one-day food and drink tour, which you can read about here. This year, a few of us again got together over a few days this past weekend to celebrate Yauch’s music and message over Beastie Boys-inspired food and […]

Accolades, TV shows and publishing deals can never replace the simple reward of cooking – and talking – fresh ingredients in the kitchen. Meet Chefs Ian Knauer and Shelley Wiseman of The Farm Cooking School at Tullamore Farms – a working farm in Stockton, New Jersey. Chefs Knauer and Wiseman met while both were […]

The Farm Cooking School’s Chef Ian Knauer: My great grandmother’s crab cakes have been on the docket lately. The Stockton Inn has them on their menu at the moment, and they’ve proven to be very popular. My great grandmother bought the recipe for $50 from a black woman who sold her crab cakes on […]

The Farm Cooking School’s Chef Shelley Wiseman: The most long standing family recipe, from my paternal grandmother, Baba, who invested in our ramshackle farm cottages back when Bridgehampton, New York was more farm land than McMansions, and the property was surrounded by fields of cucumbers and potatoes not hedges, is blueberry muffin. I say […]

Do you want to enjoy the sunshine on the deck in the summertime? Warm up by an outdoor fire pit on a cool fall night? Watch a big game on one of many high-def TV’s, all while drinking from one of the largest and best craft beer draft lists in town? Meet Chad Vetter, executive chef at […]

City Tap House University City’s executive chef Chad Vetter: This is a recipe from my Babci, which she mailed to me to share. This dish and stuffed cabbages was what she made when we would go over for dinner, which I always loved. Enjoy my Babci’s American Chop Suey! Chef Chad Vetter’s Babci’s American Chop Suey Servings: 4-6 […]

You love eating but want to lose weight? At a crossroads, you’re looking for education and inspiration? Meet Chef Ryan Hutmacher, also known as The Centered Chef. Yes, Chef Ryan was recently named “The New Face of Healthy Cooking,” won the nationally televised cooking competition “The Search for the Weight Watchers Chef” on ABC’s […]

Centered Chef’s Chef Ryan Hutmacher: So I want to share a recipe, but I have to preface it with the fact that even as a health focused chef, I’m the first to admit that “healthy versions” of classic, indulgent recipes are typically an epic fail, when compared side by side. I know this from personal […]

After a chillingly-cold winter in Philadelphia, nothing sounds better than warm weather, Phillies baseball and ice cold brews. Which particular beer? Where is it located? Fear not, Phillies/beer fans, we got you covered. Welcome to our 4th Annual CBP Phillies beer locator! We hit the Phillies preseason exhibition series for an advanced look at […]

This past Sunday was Fair Food‘s 11th annual Brewer’s Plate, an evening full of fine local foods and craft beers. Returning to the gorgeous Kimmel Center for the second year in a row, the evening featured more than 1000 food and craft beer enthusiasts — eating, drinking, mingling and dancing on three floors on an almost-feels-like-spring evening. […]

During the late 19th century and early 20th century, there were many breweries located along the Schuylkill River. While that North Philadelphia area, known as Brewerytown, lost its thriving businesses for quite sometime, mostly due to Prohibition, it recently has been going through an impressive rebirth. Meet Aaron Smith, co-owner of Sarah’s Place, a new, hip […]